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Dear Colleagues,
Join the Museum Education Roundtable today and receive
the summer 2007 Journal of Museum Education, “Critical
Thinking in Skills in Museums,” as soon as it is
printed!
The movement of museums toward an emphasis on critical
thinking shows no signs of slowing. It seems worth
examining, therefore, whether museums teach critical
thinking skills effectively. If our goal is to teach
critical thinking, are there best practices in
critical thinking development that can be implemented
within the museum context? Is it reasonable to claim
that students can learn or improve critical thinking
skills in one, or even a few, visits to a museum? What
research has been done that can support our marketing
claims?
This issue of the JME, guest edited by Rebecca Shulman
Herz of the Guggenheim Museum, will examine these
issues through the lens of institutions and
researchers who are grappling with them.
In addition to the Journal, which is published three
times each year, MER members also receive an
e-newsletter, Network, packed with information about
new initiatives underway at museums throughout the
country, profiles of museum educators and upcoming MER
events.
Membership in MER is just $40 annually, a bargain for
a professional journal. Students and people who are
retired pay the reduced rate of $30. To join MER or
find out more about the organization, please visit
MER-online.org.
SPECIAL OFFER! Join at the American Association of
Museums conference in Chicago, May 14-16, and receive
a $5 discount off regular rates! Memberships will be
available at the Left Coast Press booth in the exhibit
hall, at the Marketplace of Ideas on Monday,
3:30-5:30; and at the MER reception on Tuesday,
5:00-6:30, at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies.
Speaking of the MER reception at AAM, we cordially
invite you to attend! Enjoy a fascinating presentation
by Elsa Bailey, Guest Editor of the fall 2006 Journal
of Museum Education, on the topic of museum’s
educators’ professional relevance. Pick up a flyer at
the Left Coast Press booth for directions and more
information.
We hope to see you at AAM sessions sponsored by MER or
chaired by MER board members:
• Keeping it Real: The Role of Technology in Object
Based Learning; Monday, 10:30-11:45
• New Theories for Interpretation and Practice:
Frames, Connectivism, and Transacting; Tuesday,
10:30-11:45
• Are Museum Educators Necessary?, Wednesday,
2:00-3:15
Since 1969, MER has published the Journal of Museum
Education, the only journal printed in the United
States that is devoted to the theory and practice of
museum education. In 2006, MER began co-publishing the
Journal with Left Coast Press, a new publisher of
academic and professional materials in the humanities
and social sciences.
MER is a non-profit, volunteer organization with one
part-time, paid staff member.
Gretchen Adams
Education Director
Paul Revere House
and a MER Board Member
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